Drop D or not?

[akos]

@EddieJones

My idea was better because it justified him getting another bass…which is always a good thing

Yep that’s exactly how I ended up with 3 basses. It all started with this comment by @Gio when I asked the same question about detuning two years and EUR 3000 ago.

How to make detuning easier

Please be aware that constantly retuning / re-tensioning a regular, good-ol-fashioned wood bass is rough on the bass and the strings. Constantly retuning through dropped tunings and standard multiple times a day can be tough. I thought I retuned a bass more than anyone in the world with all my odd-tuning jams and songs, but it sounds like you’ve got me beat. The ideal solution is: get another cheap bass, and leave it in the lower tuning. Same for a 5 string. It’s so lovely and comfortable…